Background Objectives Participants Contributors Date & Venue Expected Outcome Schedule
Background
The agenda of nursing workforce has been proclaimed by the International Council of Nurses for a decade. The issues of workforce in nursing profession including migration, safety and welfare, violence in workforce, career path/ladder, emolument and quality development of nursing services, have been recognized as the most significant concerns among ICN member countries.
The ICN Asia Workforce Forum (ICN-AWFF) has been set up to reclaim the efforts of the initiatives. There were four ICN-AWFF successfully organized in this region. However, the mentioned workforce issues are persistent and still in the process of researching for appropriate solutions.
In November 2004, the 5th ICN Asia Workforce Forum and the 1st Alliance of Asian Nurses Association (AANA) is expected to take place in Bangkok, Thailand, aiming to serve as a platform for nurse leaders from 11 member counties to discuss and brainstorm on these issues. To celebrate this special occasion, the Nurses’ Association of Thailand envisages involving its members in this event by providing one-day seminar to public. The seminar entitled “Nursing Workforce: Issues and Challenging Trends in Asian Context” is proposed aiming to project the Asian perspectives on nursing workforce issues and its challenging trends.
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Objectives:
- To share common vision and strategic policies on workforce issues among leading Asian counties’ representatives.
- To present information about characteristics of nursing workforce, and the emerging issues and solutions in Thai context.
- To discuss about violence in health care facilities and the welfare policy.
- To exchange experiences among nurses and the AANA representatives.
Participants:
200 Thai nurses from various healthcare settings.
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Contributors:
Nursing scholars from the Nurses’ Association of Thailand, Japan, and Korea.
Date: November 24, 2004
Venue: S.D. Avenue Hotel
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Expected outcome:
The participants acquire information of nursing workforce issues and envision the trend of welfare development for nursing manpower.
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Schedule
November 24, 2004
| 08.00-08.30 a.m. | Registration |
| 08.30-09.00 a.m. | Opening Remark
By Associate Professor Dr. Jintana Yunibhand
The President of the Nurses' Association of Thailand |
| 09.00-10.00 a.m. | Nursing Workforce in Thailand: The Current Policy and Development
By Associate Professor Dr. Tassana Boontong
The President of Thailand Nursing Council |
| 10.00-10.15 a.m. | Refreshment |
| 10.15-11.45 a.m. | Panel discussion “Challenging Trend of Nursing Workforce in Korea and Japan: The Strategic Policy and Initiatives”
Panelists:
Dr. Euisook Kim
The President of Korean Nurses Association
Dr. Hiroko Minami
The President of Japanese Nursing Association
Moderator:
Assistant Professor Dr. Nanthaphan Chinlumprasert
Dean, Faculty of Nursing Science, Assumption University
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| 12.00 a.m. | Luncheon |
| 01.00-2.30 p.m. | Research presentation:
“The Characteristics of Nursing Services, Welfare of Nursing Personnel, and Violence in Health Care Facilities in Thailand.”
By Dr. Piyanee Klainin
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| 02.30-02.45 p.m. | Refreshment |
| 02.45-04.15 p.m. | Selected Issues and Trend in Thailand Nursing Workforce: The Vision and Strategic Plan in Next Decade
By Associate Professor Dr. Jintana Yunibhand
The president of The Nurses' Association of Thailand
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| 04.15 p.m. | Closing the function |
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